Shoe polisher



Patented Jan. 6, 925.

unire CHARLEY W. BARRIER ANI) VIRGIL T. FISH, O'F VICTOR, IOWA.

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Application med mmm-y i7, i923. serial no. 613,207'.

' l To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that CHARLEY W. Banni-:r: and VIRGIL T. F ISH, citizens of the United States, residing at Victor, in the county of Iowa and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe Polishers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe polishers and has as one of its primary objects to provide a polishing device which may be conveniently manipulated to impart a high polish to shoes of all kinds without any likelihood of marring of the leather or any inconvenience to the user if troubled with corns or other foot ailments, the invention contemplating, in this connection, the provision of a polisher in which the polishing medium will be not only in itself soft and pliable, but will, furthermore, be resiliently supported so as to adapt it to yield when brought in contact with the shoe being polished.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a polisher which may be employed in polishing both black and tan shoes without rlikelihood of the polish employed upon one kind of shoe being applied to the other kind of shoe.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the polisher that regardless of the manner in which it is held in polishing a shoe, a soft and more or less yieldable surface will be presented to the palm of the hand so as not to inconvenience the user.

Another object of the invention is to provide a polisher which may be economically manufactured and which will be durable and capable of being cleansed when occasion requires.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of the polisher embodying the present invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the polisher;

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the polisher taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Figure 2 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

The polisher embodying the invention includes in its structure a body or core which is indicated by the numeral l and comprises a body portion 2 which is preferably in the form of a rectangular sheet of heavy and relatively stiff leather such, forexample, as

sole leather. lThe body or core l further comprises plies 3 of leather which are stapled or otherwise united, as at 4, at their ends to the opposite faces of the body 2 at the ends of said body. The plies 3 are preferably not quite so heavy or rigid asthe body sheet 2 and are of somewhat greater length than the said body sheet so that their intermediate portions may be bulged outwardly from the opposite faces of the body sheet 2, they being in fact so bulged and retained in this position by blocks 5 of rubber felt, or any other suitable cushioning material, the blocks being disposed transversely of the opposite faces of the body sheet 2 at a point midway between the ends of the same and the associated plies 3.

The numeral 6 indicates a band of felt, of a suitable thickness, which is applied to the body or core l and which extends completely about the said core in the direction of the length of the core. This ply or band conf` stitutes a backing of cushioning materialV for the polishing medium of the device,

which medium is indicatedrin general by the numeral 7 and comprises a band 8 of lambs skin which is applied vabout the cushioning ply or band 6 and extends completely around the same longitudinally thereof. In order to prevent relative displacement of the several plies or bands with relation toV each other and to the core or body 1, stitches 9 are run through the skin of the lambs skin band 8, through the cushioning band 6, and through the members 2 and 3 comprising the body or core of the device. The securing means 9 is therefore of such a character as to not in any way interfere with inward yielding of the polishing medium 7 and not being of a metallic nature is not liable to contact with and mar the leather being polished.

Preferably the lambs skin band 8, cushioning band 6, and strips 3, are of uniform width and their edges are in substantial registration. However, the body sheet 2 is preferably somewhat wider than the other component parts of the polisher so that its lateral longitudinal edges will project to a slight extent as illustrated in Figures l and 3 of the drawings and thus enable the user of the polisher to obtain a secure hold upon Y the same. At the same time the body sheetv being irmly grasped, is not so positioned as to render it liable tocome in contact with the shoe being-polished.

It Will be understood, of course, that4 one side of the polisher may `be employed in polishing black shoes, and the other side may be employed in polishing tan sho/es;V the side not in actual use constituting a soft padlike surface permitting of the pol'isher bein-g employed Without discomfort or inconvenience. "lt will Valso be evident that' thegpeculiar-'construction oft'he core or body 1 enhancesi the resiliency of the polishing yinedium 7 as this medium is supported Witha desired-'degree of firmness and is yetre and over the said yieldable supporting meinbers, and abandof rictionfjpolishing material /erten'dinxg about y the. said cushioning medium.

vA .shoe,po'lisherl comprising a substantially rigid body member', resilient members disposed against opposite faces of the said body member and extending transversely thereof,ifzuzingfplies; of flexible material secured at opposite edge portions to the said body member and'extendin'gover the vsaid resilhentmembers and having their-intermediate portions supportedth'ereby, Aa cushion- U ing mediuml-overlyingithe'saidp'liesg and a band o'fafrction' polishing-material extending entirely v'about 'the-saidb'ody and cushioning medium.

In testimony whereof they affix their signatures.

@HARLEY W. Brennen. VrReIL VT. -nisn. [L 5.] 

